ThinkPad loyalists
may be some of the most picky in all of the notebook world, and many don't take
kindly to tweaks and overhauls of their favorite portable PCs. Lenovo was
really going out on a limb with the X100e, as the 11.6" display and
sub-$500 start point was obviously out of character for a ThinkPad. We know the
ThinkPad Edge family has already branched out, but those machines were still of
their own blood. There's no mistaking that the X100e is yet another member of
the "classic" ThinkPad line; from the blocked edges to the red
trackpoint nub to the matte black finish, it really looks like a shrunken
ThinkPad at first glance.. @ HotHardware